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HENRY DEA-N KING, OF NEvAnA, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,300, dated April 7,1885.

Application filed March 22, 1834. (Model) washingmachines, having forits object to effect the thorough and expeditious cleansing of thearticles or fabrics; and it consists of the sundry combinations of partsand their con-' struotion, substantially as hereinafter fully set forthand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a transverse sectional elevation of my improvedwashing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

I attach hollow projecting beating-studs a in the form of inverted cupsto the lower side of the dasher b, for beating the clothes moreeffectually than such studs can in the solid form, by the action thatthe forcing of the clothes in and out of the hollow spaces of the studscauses, making vent-holes c at the top for allowing the air to fiow inand out, so as not to obstruct the desired action by plenum or vacuum,and suspend said dasher in the upper part of the tub d from a lever, c,having a fulcrum, f, in the top of a standard, 9, adapted for detachableconnection to the top of the tub at one side by clamping thereon with ajaw, h, and a vise-screw, z, with a handle, j, the standard having anotch cut in the lower end to drop down inside' of the tub to form theother jaw of the clamp. The dasher b is suspended from the lever e bythe vertical pivot-rod k, fitted to hang from the block Z by the nut m,so that the dasher may turn freely, and the block lhas checks a, between which the lever is connected to it by the pivot o. The lower endof the blockZ bears on the top of a center stud, p, of the top of thedasher, to apply the pressure of the lever e to the dasher, and to whichthe pivotrod Kis attached. A ratchet-collar, q, is fitted to the top ofthe dasher, a little larger than the stud p, and having notches in theupper edge, with which the end of the pawl s en-,,,.

gages at the beginning of the rising niovement of the dasher, and whichshifts the. dasher around to the extent of one or more of the teeth ofthe ratchet by the effect of the swing of the pawl on its pivot 25,locatecl'in a higher plane than that in. which the ratchet is when thepawl drops into the teeth. A vertically-adjustable stop, u, is attachedto the lever and pawl supporting standard 9, to

prevent the pawl s from swinging lower than i is desired for properlypassing the teeth of the ratchet at times when the dasher may.

drop so'low that the pawl might swing away from the ratchet, so that itwould not lodge on the ratchet when rising again. A spring,

V, is connected to a rear extension arm, w,

ofthe lever for assisting in the raising of the dasher to lessen thelabor of the operator for M 70 i that part of the work. Said spring hasa hook, m, at the lower end, adapted to hook under the bottom of the tubdetachably for ready connection and removal of! the same, as desired.The lever e and the standard 9 are suitably contrived at the pivot-jointfor allowing the dasher to be swung up and far enough back to lodge inthat position by the end 3/ of the lever coming to a bearing in thebottom of the slot between the cheeks z of the standard g, to which thelever is pivoted,

and to stay the dasher so as not to swing down on the point 0 a strut,a, is connected to' the lever between the standard 9 and thedasherconnection, which maintains the dasher about parallel with thelever when so upturned. In

this example the cups a are arranged in two rows crossing each other atright angles and in the center of the dasher; but more may be attachedand in any different order of arrangement, as desired.

It will be seen that the apparatus can be readily attached to anddetached from any ordinary wash-tub.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is r l. The combination of pawl s with thedasher I), having ratchet-collar q and center stud, p, and connected bythe vertical pivot pended from the lever and the lever being 70 with thecheek-block Z, pivoted to lever e,

pivoted to the standard 9, substantially as desaid pawls and said lever6 being pivoted to scribed. the standard 9, attached to the side of thetub, 5 substantially as described. WVitnesses:

2. The combination of the strut a with the J. O. MURRAY,

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HENRY DEAN KING.

lever e and dasher b, said dasher being sus-

